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l 20 I6 I CE I i 1 l ii l2 -5 4 INVENTOR. w 4 m Patented July 10, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE em Edwin A. Walfiii, Bayside, N. Y.

Application June 15, 1946,'Serial No. 677,035

1 Claim.

1 This invention relates to portable clothes dryers and particularly to dryers which are adapted for the drying of small articles such as towels, napkins, handkerchiefs, stockings, lingerie and the like, utilizing the heat from an ordinary radiator.

More specifically my invention provides a dryer for the purpose mentioned which is relatively inexpensive, easy to manipulate, and which can be quickly attached to and detached from an ordinary radiator simply by pushing the base of the same over the radiator coils, the construction being such that with the device in place upon the radiator the articles to be dried are supported directly over the radiator so as to have the full benefit of the heated air rising therefrom. When the dryer is not in use it readily may be slipped off the radiator, collapsed and stowed away out of sight.

By reason of my improved construction the dryer occupies the minimum space when not in use, adapting the same for small apartments, yet when mounted ready for use, it has comparatively large capacity.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is an elevational view of the device; and

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary partial sectional plan view.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 2 designates the standard of my improved device which is preferably metal. Fixed to the standard 2 is an elongated base member 4 which extends at each end beyond the standard and is provided with two or more spring clamp arms 6 mounted crosswise of the base member. These clamp arms are shaped to grip a coil 8 of a radiator to hold the device in place on the radiator, and no thumbscrews or other devices are necessary in mounting the device. The clamps are merely pushed downwardly so that each clamp straddles and grips the radiator coil, the outer ends of the clamp arms being bent outwardly as shown at l to facilitate this operation.

Upon the upper end of the standard 2, I rotatably mount a spool.

The spool is composed of a hub Ill and end flanges or heads l2 and I4 integral with or welded to the hub. The hub l of the spool is hollow and the standard 2 passes up through the lower head 12 of the spool and up into the hollow hub I0 until it abuts the upper head I l so that the spool is supported by the upper head at the upper end of the standard. This provides a quickly and easily demountable arrangement, and yet tilting of the spool is effectively prevented 2 by the relatively long bearing of the standard 2 throughout the spool hub. The spool heads l2 and I4 are perforated as shown at [6 to receive rack arms I8. The rack arms are conveniently of metal, and each arm at its outer end is provided with a stop or head to support the arms when they are in collapsed position, that is when the arms are suspended vertically as shown at the right hand side of Fig. 1. The other end of each arm is provided with a portion 22 offset in relation to the arm and of such shape that when an arm is drawn upwardly relatively to a spool head and then tipped to horizontal position it will be supported firmly in this position, tipping of the arms being prevented by the inner end of the arms which under assumed conditions underlies the spool head.

The arms I8 are independently operable as will be understood so that any number of arms may be placed in usable position from one to the entire number. It will be appreciated also that by providing the spool with two heads l2 and I4, and each head with arms the capacity of my dryer is doubled, providing two racks of arms instead of merely one.

When the device is not in use the rack arms are simply dropped or collapsed-to vertical position by raising the outer end of each arm and allowing the arm to slide down through a hole l6 until the head 20 contacts the spool flange or head, the spool lifted from the standard and the latter lifted from the radiator.

From all of the foregoing it will be appreciated that I have provided a very simple yet sturdy device well adapted for the purpose for which it is intended. It will be appreciated also, that my device requires no bolts, thumb nuts or like devices for attaching the same to a radiator. It will be seen also that by reason of my construction tilting of the supporting spool is avoided and the device is necessarily supported directly above the radiator so that articles placed upon the rack arms [8 receive the benefit of the maximum heat from the radiator.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the details of construction and arrangement of parts hereinabove described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

What I claim is:

A drying'device for mounting upon 'a radiator coil, said device comprising, in combination, a standard; a spool, removably mounted for rotation upon said standard adjacent the upper end of the standard, said spool comprising a hub and a head at each end of the hub, arms extending through openings in the heads of said spool, the outer end of each arm being provided with a head to suspend the arms from the spool heads in a position substantially parallel to said standard, the inner end of each arm being provided with a portion ofiset in relation to the arm and so shaped that, when an arm is pulled upwardly relatively to a head of the spool and swung outwardly away from the spool, the offset portion will engage beneath the spool head to support the arm in a horizontal position; and a pair of spring arms attached to the lower end of the standard and adapted to be sprung over the top of a radiator coil so as to grip the same, thereby to sustain the standard and spool upon the 15] Number REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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